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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not at 50. Especially if you are a woman (no offense, I'm a woman).[/quote]

+1 no job is easy to get right now. $100k is a good salary. At 48, I came so close to finally making six figures and got laid off about a year in. Now I can’t find anything and will likely have to take something for far less if I find anything at all. Some of you all are completely delusional.[/quote]

Do you have a degree? I only have a BS and made $120k 15 years ago. $100k is basically poverty now. [/quote]

Congrats, you are completely out of touch with most people’s reality.

And yes, I have a degree from a school that most people in the College forum would love to brag about their kids attending. Careers do not happen in a linear fashion for many people though, particularly women with children. [/quote]

Unrealized potential has nothing to do with being a woman. Or a mom. [/quote]

It has everything to do with one’s career or salary trajectory perhaps not being a straight line upward (there could be other reasons for this, too, of course). To be clear, I have no regrets. I accept the consequences of my decisions. I’m simply refuting the idea that anyone with a college degree—particularly if they’re near 50(!)—can walk in off the street and get a $100k job. That’s absurd.[/quote]

Ok but don’t make like your experience is the total norm for everyone else. I took 18 months off when I had my kid. Then returned to the workforce. Kept working at it as a working mom. I made 450k last year. Maybe I’m the outlier. Maybe You are. [/quote]

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